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Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis: Recommendations for USAID and Practitionershttps://rmportal.net/biodiversityconservation-gateway/resources/projects/bridge/bridge-resources/integrating-ecosystem-values-cost-benefit-analysis
This document provides recommendations for the incorporation of ecosystem service valuations into Agency cost-benefit analysis (CBA) across sectors, both for USAID staff that produce or use CBAs and for USAID as an institution. In addition, this document provides specific guidance for USAID sectors that are commonly integrated with biodiversity—including global climate change, food security, energy and infrastructure, and water, sanitation and hygiene—but the process and principles described here are relevant for CBAs in any sectors. These recommendations represent a joint effort of the USAID Offices of Forestry and Biodiversity and Economic Policy in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment.No publisherPortal Web EditorBRIDGECBASanitationGlobal Climate ChangeBiodiversity Conservation GatewayEnergyUSAIDCost Benefit AnalysisForestryFood SecurityHygieneBiodiversityWaterInfrastructure2019-04-16T00:35:00ZFileGood Nutrition Campaign Puts a Dent in Indonesia’s Child Stuntinghttps://rmportal.net/news-events/news-usaid-rmp/good-nutrition-campaign-puts-a-dent-in-indonesia2019s-child-stunting
More than 8 million children in Indonesia suffer from stunted growth caused by undernutrition. That translates into a lifetime of missed opportunities as stunting increases a child’s risk for infections, delays brain development, and reduces academic achievement and earning potential. Chronic undernutrition in young children is often due to poor maternal health during pregnancy, insufficient nutrient intake, frequent childhood illness, and inadequate sanitation and hygiene. But a concerted effort is underway to promote behavioral changes that can reduce stunting. Original Source

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a Feed the Future partner agency focused on reducing global poverty through economic growth, is leading this effort. It is currently devoting $134.2 million to reduce stunting in 11 of Indonesia’s 34 provinces by integrating sanitation, maternal and child health, and nutrition interventions. The project provides grants to more than 5,400 Indonesian villages for health and education activities, including training for more than 18,000 health workers on maternal and infant nutrition and community-led sanitation programs.

]]>No publisherChristin VanZantNutritionMillennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)SanitationUndernutritionIndonesiaHuman NutritionNews: USAID NRMD Portal NewsFeed the FutureMaternal Health CareHygieneGlobal PovertyHealth and NutritionMalnutritionNewsChild Nutrition2017-05-14T20:49:26ZNews ItemUnited States Announces $76 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for Yemenhttps://rmportal.net/news-events/united-states-announces-76-million-in-humanitarian-assistance-for-yemen
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
USAID Press Office
Today the United States announced more than $76 million in new humanitarian assistance to respond to the urgent needs of the Yemeni people throughout the country, bringing the total U.S. humanitarian assistance for Yemen to nearly $404 million since 2015.Original Source

U.S. funding will also help prevent the spread of cholera by supporting health and hygiene programs throughout the country. Additionally, an earlier contribution to WFP to provide mobile cranes for the Al Hudaydah Port will arrive soon, improving the capacity of the port to receive humanitarian and commercial supplies.

Now in its 8th year, Global Handwashing Day is celebrated every October 15 to increase awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Each year, the number of people and organizations celebrating this day grows, and there are now more than 200 million people participating in celebrations in over 100 countries across the globe.

Although many people around the world clean their hands with water, the use of soap is also necessary to more effectively prevent disease.

Millions of children under the age of 5 years die from diarrheal diseases and pneumonia, the top two killers of young children around the world.

Handwashing with soap could prevent about 1 out of every 3 episodes of diarrheal illnesses and almost 1 out of 6 episodes of respiratory infections like pneumonia.

]]>No publisherPortal Web EditorSanitationGlobal HealthNews: USAID NRMD Portal NewsWaterHygieneUSAID2015-10-16T04:41:40ZNews ItemMillions Soap Up to Commemorate Global Handwashing Dayhttps://rmportal.net/news-events/news-usaid-rmp/global-handwashing-day-2014
Improving child survival requires promotion of healthy behaviors.Handwashing. It is a simple behavior with a big impact. Given the role that hygiene can play in public health – from preventing the common cold to slowing the spread of infectious organisms like Ebola – embracing innovations in approaches, behavior change, and programming is becoming increasingly important.

Since 2008, Global Handwashing Day is celebrated every October 15 worldwide to support the universal promotion and practice of proper handwashing with soap at critical times to prevent diarrhea and respiratory infections, with a specific focus on newborns.

Eighty five percent of the 2.9 million newborn deaths that occur every year are caused by infections, prematurity, and complications during labor. Up to two-thirds of these deaths can be prevented by simple, low-cost maternal and newborn health interventions.

One such intervention is handwashing with soap. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported research is strengthening the evidence base on infection management in young infants, especially in community-based settings. A recent community study in Nepal concluded that handwashing with soap can reduce newborn deaths by up to 44 percent. For countries where newborn mortality is high, adopting handwashing with soap as a standard practice before delivery and while handling newborns is not only important, but also it saves lives.

The report aims to provide guidance to health, development, and conservation professionals in sub-Saharan Africa on how to plan, coordinate develop and achieve mutually supported WASH and freshwater conservation projects outcomes.

The report's principal authors are Janet Edmond and Colleen Sorto (Conservation International), Sarah Davidson (The Nature Conservancy), John Sauer (Water for People), Dennis Warner (Millennium Water Alliance), Marc Dettman (Global Environment & Technology Foundation), and Jennifer Platt (WASH Advocates) and includes contributions from professionals working across the health, development and conservation sectors.

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]]>No publisherPortal Web EditorSanitationNews: USAID NRMD EventsWaterHygieneFreshwater ConservationAfrica Biodiversity Collaborative GroupWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)2013-11-30T22:19:23ZEventWeaving Together Freshwater Conservation and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Initiatives: Improving Biodiversity Conservation and Human Healthhttps://rmportal.net/library/content/abcg-documents/freshwater-conservation-water-sanitation-conservation-human-health
Colleen Vollberg and Janet Edmond presented the findings of a recent paper (authored by David Bonnardeaux) examining the evidence base for how implementers have integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and freshwater ecosystem conservation to date in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and what they have learned in taking a more holistic approach. Conservation International (CI) in collaboration with ABCG members and development partners helped produce the paper in order to call attention to the benefits of integrating health and freshwater conservation efforts.No publisherPortal Web EditorABCGInfrastructureSanitationWaterHygienePovertyFreshwater EcosystemsAfrica Biodiversity Collaborative Group2012-07-26T22:45:00ZFileLinking Biodiversity Conservation and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: Experiences from sub-Saharan Africahttps://rmportal.net/library/content/abcg-documents/linking-biodiversity-conservation-and-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-experiences-from-sub-saharan-africa
The paper, authored by David Bonnardeaux and commissioned by Conservation International (CI) in collaboration with ABCG members and development partners, is an evidence-based review of how implementers have integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and freshwater ecosystem conservation to date in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The report takes stock of a selection of experiences from projects taking a more holistic approach to conservation and development.No publisherPortal Web EditorABCGInfrastructureSanitationEcosystemDiseaseHygieneHealthPovertyAfrica Biodiversity Collaborative Group2012-07-11T04:00:00ZFile